A group of amnesiacs are brought into a room and asked to make a list of all the objects in the room. Later, they are asked to recall that list, but cannot do so. Still later,
they are asked to memorize a list of words made up of the names of those first objects. They do better than normal participants who had not first been in the room. This study demonstrates the existence of ________ memory.
a) working
b) semantic
c) episodic
d) priming
ANS: d
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The hypothesis that there is a genetic component to some attitudes would be supported by all but which finding? a. Attitudes of identical twins are more similar than those of fraternal twins. b. Adults who shared certain physiological characteristics also hold common political beliefs. c. When asked about attitudes for which there seems to be a genetic predisposition, research participants
arequicker to respond to questions and less likely to alter their views toward social norms. d. The human genome project has identified specific genes that are responsible for the ability to hold positive ornegative attitudes.
Assimilation is said to occur when a child
a. believes that an object exists even if it can't be seen at that moment. b. adds increasingly more symbolic representations of outer reality. c. updates or changes existing schemes as a result of new information. d. modifies new information to fit into what is already known. e. forgets information that has not been accessed recently.
Describe four possible outcomes of acculturation
What will be an ideal response?
Jean Piaget developed a theory to explain children's cognitive development. This theory was called
A) somatic theory. B) ego-development theory. C) schema theory. D) cognitive levels theory. E) categorization theory.